Blue roof, the Glossary
A blue roof is a roof of a building that is designed explicitly to provide initial temporary water storage and then gradual release of stored water, typically rainfall.[1]
Table of Contents
23 relations: Combined sewer, Drought, Ecovillage, Egyptian blue, Energy-efficient landscaping, Flat roof, Green roof, Greywater, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, Infiltration (hydrology), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Photovoltaics, Pinch valve, Rainwater harvesting, Rainwater tank, Sanitary sewer overflow, Sod roof, Solar water heating, Steve Mann (inventor), Surface runoff, Sustainable city, Weir.
- Hydrology and urban planning
Combined sewer
A combined sewer is a type of gravity sewer with a system of pipes, tunnels, pump stations etc. Blue roof and combined sewer are environmental engineering.
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Drought
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.
Ecovillage
An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and/or ecologically sustainable.
Egyptian blue
Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate (CaCuSi4O10 or CaOCuO(SiO2)4 (calcium copper tetrasilicate)) or cuprorivaite, is a pigment that was used in ancient Egypt for thousands of years.
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Energy-efficient landscaping
Energy-efficient landscaping is a type of landscaping designed for the purpose of conserving energy. Blue roof and energy-efficient landscaping are sustainable building.
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Flat roof
A flat roof is a roof which is almost level in contrast to the many types of sloped roofs. Blue roof and flat roof are roofs.
Green roof
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. Blue roof and green roof are environmental engineering, Hydrology and urban planning, roofs, sustainable architecture and sustainable building.
Greywater
Greywater (or grey water, sullage, also spelled gray water in the United States) refers to domestic wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e., all streams except for the wastewater from toilets.
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space.
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Infiltration (hydrology)
Infiltration is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is a federally funded research and development center in the hills of Berkeley, California, United States.
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New York City Department of Environmental Protection
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's water supply and works to reduce air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.
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Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.
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Pinch valve
A pinch valve is a full bore or fully ported type of control valve which uses a pinching effect to obstruct fluid flow.
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off. Blue roof and Rainwater harvesting are Hydrology and urban planning.
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Rainwater tank
A rainwater tank (sometimes called a rain barrel in North America in reference to smaller tanks, or a water butt in the UK) is a water tank used to collect and store rain water runoff, typically from rooftops via pipes.
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Sanitary sewer overflow
Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities.
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Sod roof
A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Blue roof and sod roof are roofs.
Solar water heating
Solar water heating (SWH) is heating water by sunlight, using a solar thermal collector. Blue roof and solar water heating are sustainable building.
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Steve Mann (inventor)
William Stephen George Mann (born 8 June 1962) is a Canadian engineer, professor, and inventor who works in augmented reality, computational photography, particularly wearable computing, and high-dynamic-range imaging.
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Surface runoff
Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).
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Sustainable city
A sustainable city, eco-city, or green city is a city designed with consideration for social, economic, environmental impact (commonly referred to as the triple bottom line), and resilient habitat for existing populations, without compromising the ability of future generations to experience the same.
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Weir
A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.
See also
Hydrology and urban planning
- Best management practice for water pollution
- Bioretention
- Bioswale
- Blue roof
- Buffer strip
- Check dam
- European green infrastructure
- Flood insurance rate map
- Frame Lake
- Green infrastructure
- Green roof
- Hardscape
- Healthy Land & Water
- Human impact on river systems
- Impervious surface
- Intensity-duration-frequency curve
- Lawn
- Low-impact development (U.S. and Canada)
- Permeable paving
- Rain garden
- Rainwater harvesting
- Reclaimed water
- Riparian-zone restoration
- River engineering
- Road verge
- Roadside conservation
- Runoff footprint
- Sponge city
- Stochastic empirical loading and dilution model
- Stormwater harvesting
- Stormwater management
- Subterranean river
- Subtropical climate vegetated roof
- Sustainable drainage system
- Urban runoff
- Urban stream
- Urban water management in Monterrey, Mexico
- Water-sensitive urban design